Carolina Gardening: Flowering maple (Albutilon), 1 by BSD

BSD wrote:
Hope that some of you have grown this plant and can give me some info. I saw these used in flower arrangements at a wedding reception here in Conway. The strange thing is that the seed pods were used and not the flower. The florist gave me several seed pods which I have since planted and fortunate for me they have germinated. I understood him to say that they grow wild in a field. Hope that I can post a picture of the arrangement.
Thanks for any help!